Browser (web browser) is a program designed to view websites (web pages). Provides an interface between users and a website, displays the content of the pages.
One of the distinguishing features of browsers as software products is their free distribution. Almost all popular browsers are free to use: Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Google Chrome. Different browsers can display the same sites in different ways. This is due to the individual approach to the implementation of HTML and CSS support. In some cases the differences may be subtle, in others more pronounced. Also, each Internet browser has its own interface, a certain set of additional features, and support for extensions. Based on these characteristics, users choose a particular browser. Internet Explorer is the standard Web browser of the Windows operating system. Due to this, it is very popular with users. Starting from the 7th version, the browser is constantly improving, the developers are adding new functions and capabilities, in which it is not inferior to other browsers. Opera has wide functionality that can be customized by each user specifically for himself. It was in this browser that the display of several pages in program tabs, and not in separate windows, first appeared. Among the features that set the Opera web browser apart from the rest are the built-in mail and torrent client, turbo mode for slow connections, Opera Link function for synchronizing multiple Opera browsers, support for widgets and extensions. Mozilla Firefox is flexible. settings, which concerns changing the appearance of the browser, as well as installing additional extensions. They add new user-driven functionality to the web browser, making Google Chrome the fastest browser. At the same time, it has broad functionality and support for extensions. One of its features is to work with tabs as with windows, i.e. on error, only one tab closes, not the entire program. Another popular browser is Apple's Safari. It is also highly customizable to suit the needs of the user. Among its features are the SnapBack function, which allows you to return to search results or the top level of the site, as well as the ability to view pages in read text mode.
